this is really making no sense, what good is a fast winder or motordrive, or ttl flash when you cant focus compose shoot fast without m42 autoapeture function or cant focus accurately in low light ( most flash situations) without M42 autoaperture functions?? The things you are "gaining" are mostly crippled by loss auto-aperture function and basic things where you dont even need a motor or TTL flash ( which is the majority of pix for most people ) are ALSO crippled by lack of autoaperture function.
Like I said earlier, I do NOT agree those things "gained" are even remotely as important to userfriedlyness of the M42 system as autoaperture function is. jco -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Adam Maas Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 2:37 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Pentax K 28mm f2.0 Lens No, I just disagree on what is a necessary feature for easy M42 lens use. I own two cameras with M42 mounts and auto-aperture caability (Chinon CM-3 and Spotmatic SP). Almost never use the things (the CM-3 gets used occasionally). Most of my M42 shooting is done with an old Canon Rebel XS, which gives me a winder, Aperture Priority AE and TTL flash, along with a superior meter readout (LED imitation match needle). I find it far more useful for most shooting than the old M42 SLR's. -Adam J. C. O'Connell wrote: > No, he just doesnt understand how user friendly > automatic aperture M42 lenses can be and that > a Canon with a M42 adapter is not even close > to what a properly designed M42 DSLR would > be like to use. And he DID state that all the > Canon setup would be missing is a metering > button of some sort - W R O N G ! > > jco > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of William Robb > Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 2:06 PM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: Pentax K 28mm f2.0 Lens > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Adam Maas" > Subject: Re: Pentax K 28mm f2.0 Lens > > >> I am not mistaken. I never claimed the adaptor does auto-aperture >> (Hence >> the note about the lack of stop-down metering switch, which also uses >> the auto-aperture function). > > Another case of thread hijacking? > > William Robb > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
